Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed... – By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...
Patent
1977-08-18
1982-10-12
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed...
By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to...
198453, 198598, 198599, 198636, B65G 4724
Patent
active
043534554
ABSTRACT:
A potato handling apparatus includes a roller conveyor for receiving a continuous stream of irregularly sized potatoes with an aligning section at the upstream end of the conveyor which includes a series of two parallel flaps for turning and pushing the potatoes lengthwise into the valleys of the roller conveyor. To eliminate all but one potato from each valley, a singulating section is provided. The singulating section includes a rod longitudinally disposed adjacent one edge of the roller conveyor and a series of parallel overlapping sprocket-like discs which extend diagonally across the conveyor to a downstream position which is inwardly spaced from said edge of the conveyor. Each disc has cogs formed on the periphery thereof which perforate the valleys in succession to a depth which prevents the potatoes from being pinched between the discs and rollers. The discs sequentially push all but one of the potatoes in a respective valley over said edge of the conveyor, while the rod prevents single potatoes not acted upon by the discs from wandering over the outside edge of the conveyor. A resilient rotatable member is pivotally mounted above the passageway by the downstream disc to retain longer potatoes on the conveyor.
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Mumma Harold J.
Reed Michael E.
FMC Corporation
Megley R. B.
Valenza Joseph E.
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